The Farmer's Daughter

"A Gal with Cultivating Ways!"

1947 1h 37m EN

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★7.1TMDB · 41

ComedyRomance

Synopsis

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After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.

“A Gal with Cultivating Ways!”

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Cast

Loretta Young
Katrin Holstrom
Joseph Cotten
Glenn Morley
Ethel Barrymore
Agatha Morley
Charles Bickford
Joseph Clancy
Rose Hobart
Virginia Thatcher
Rhys Williams
Adolph Petree
Harry Davenport
Dr. Matthew Sulven
Tom Powers
Hy Nordick

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: H. C. Potter
Writers: Laura Kerr, Allen Rivkin
Languages: Swedish, English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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79 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Swedish, English.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by H. C. Potter, shot by Milton Krasner. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Leigh Harline. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Harry Marker shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Loretta Young and Joseph Cotten and Ethel Barrymore carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A Gal with Cultivating Ways!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0039370 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

H. C. Potter directs. Milton Krasner behind the camera. Leigh Harline scores. Harry Marker cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Swedish, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

179 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Swedish, English.
3Directed by H. C. Potter, shot by Milton Krasner. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Leigh Harline. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Harry Marker shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Loretta Young and Joseph Cotten and Ethel Barrymore carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "A Gal with Cultivating Ways!".
8IMDB entry: tt0039370 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 41 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Milton Krasner
Original score: Leigh Harline
Editing: Harry Marker
Costume design: Edith Head
Makeup / hair: Bill Phillips
Runtime: 97 min · 1h 37m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: The Farmer's Daughter (1947)

Awards

Academy Award for Best Actress

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H. C. Potter

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CinemaSerf2024-07-15
★ 7/10
From an hard-working family of Swedish immigrants to the USA, the young "Katrin" - aka "Katie" (Loretta Young) finds herself employed as a maid in the home of the wealthy, politically connected, "Morley" family. The widow of a former Senator, it's sagely matriarch "Agatha" (Ethel Barrymore) is embroiled in the selection of a new nominee for Congress and quickly "Katie" finds herself immersed in this process and a witness to the way the family - including son 'Glenn" (Joseph Cotton) go about sorting out the nomination. She's bold enough to speak out at a meeting about the failings of their choice, and next thing the opposition have decided she could stand herself. With the polls suggesting a 70%-30% vote against her, she looks doomed but then a series of twists and turns occur that might just help her out - especially as she and Congressman "Glenn" are clearly fond of each other and the mother is much more of a decent woman than a mere political manipulator. A constant in all these machinations is her butler-cum-confidante "Clancy" (Charles Bickford) who has worked for the family all of his life, earned a position of considerable trust and influence, and like his boss becomes concerned that the fight isn't being fought fairly and in the best interests of the community. It's a little reminiscent of "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939) in that it shows a plucky, if naive, young person determined to try and make a change in a political world stacked in favour of the vested interests, but that aspect of the plot isn't really brought home so much as the increasingly romantic elements of her relationship with "Glenn". It's more Barrymore and Bickford who inject a sense of power into the thing whilst the enamoured couple try to get their act together. It still offers us quite a cleverly constructed and occasionally humorous swipe at the establishment and American "democracy" and Young - despite her rather unnecessary accent - turns in one of her stronger and more characterful efforts.

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